Review: Digital Environment Painting
Kerrie Hughes | Reviews, Training | 26/10/2011 11:03am
Art director Raphael Lacoste shares his matte painting techniques in this DVD for the Gnomon Workshop
Art director Raphael Lacoste shares his matte painting techniques in this DVD for the Gnomon Workshop
New training from Infinite Skills teaches you the tools you will need to become proficient in Max 2012
Get to grips with the latest version of Maya with this comprehensive Infinite Skills training DVD by Lee Lainer
Tim Clapham of Luxx has drawn his vast motion graphics experience to deliver this masterclass in C4D dynamics
Read our review of the new Digital-Tutors training set for creating realistic weapons in games using Cinema 4D and ZBrush
3D artist, Chris Ollis, takes a look at Michael McCarthy’s introductory-level training videos for 3ds Max 2011
cmiVFX’s Nuke Object Removal Techniques online course takes you through cutting-edge techniques for removing unwanted elements from a moving shot
Cloth Beyond the Character is another downloadable DVD from Joe Gunn, which as the title suggests, shows what can be achieved with 3ds Max’s Cloth Modifier other than the obvious dressing of CG actors
Rigging for FX is another of Joe Gunn’s downloadable DVD tutorials. Here he’s covering ground which he clearly has a passion for and knows a lot about. Through a series of proven work examples he demonstrates extensive use of MAXScript, Controllers, Dynamics and Attributes. Reviewed by Chris Ollis
Mental Ray Studio Car Rendering is another of Joe Gunn’s 3ds Max-based downloadable training DVDs. In this one he shows you how to build a simple photographic studio set, set up mental ray Shaders and adjust the many parameters for rendering a car in the high gloss format seen in many a magazine, and in this case was published in Exposé. Reviewed by Chris Ollis
Joe Gunn shows us around 3ds Max’s Hair salon with the aid of some custom scripts and a curling brush. Reviewed by Chris Ollis
Kevin Mannens’ and Ed Caspersen’s guide to production heavy MEL scripting is something else says Gary Noden.